The name refers to a small fortified monastery, which used to stand here when the village was founded.

The highest point is the hill Bučina at 677 m (2,221 ft) above sea level.

The first written mention of the village is in a document of bishop Tobiáš of Bechyně from the period between 1279 and 1290, in which he praises the intention to build a monastery in this landscape.

It was founded at the end of the 13th century and rebuilt in the late Gothic style in 1452–1453.

The church complex also includes a late Baroque ossuary from 1793, an enclosure wall, and a calvary from 1799.